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New research gives more efficient Wi-Fi in crowded areas
Researchers from the MAPCI research institute in Lund have developed a new solution for making Wi-Fi networks more efficient in highly dense environments. The solution is a new backoff scheme and will be presented at an academic conference in December.
Dean's blog: Time to travel, time to think
September was a month full of travel. It started with a meeting about ESS in Bilbao, where I represented Lund University. There is plenty going on with ESS right now, and it’s high time for a strategic collaboration – not just at Lund University, but also on a national level! The following week it was off to Graz for a conference (ESSCIRC) within [...]
Laser to help premature babies
Premature babies, born before 30 weeks of pregnancy, often need help breathing in order to survive. X-ray is currently used to diagnose the condition of the lungs, but the technology involves risks and X-ray images can only be taken occasionally.
Lund University back in the top 100 in THE ranking
Lund University has climbed from #119 to #90 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016 out today.
Hopes of improved brain implants
Neurons thrive and grow in a new type of nanowire material developed by researchers in Nanophysics and Ophthalmology at Lund University in Sweden. In time, the results might improve both neural and retinal implants, and reduce the risk of them losing their effectiveness over time, which is currently a problem.
Inspiring workshop on System Design on Silicon
Many interesting talks and spontaneous meetings took place at the Lund Circuit Design Workshop at Grand Hotel in Lund, hosted by the Vinnova Industrial Excellence Center in System Design on Silicon (SoS) and by the SSF-projects DISTRANT and DARE. EITs own researchers delivered new findings in different research fields and we also heard inspiring [...]
Dean's blog: Time to clean up the lake!
Last Friday Akademiska Hus hosted an opening ceremony for the new decks down at the campus lake “sjön Sjön”. I have to say it looks fantastic. Thank you! Along with Helsingkrona’s new building, it feels like the engineering campus has been given a considerable face lift. In my short speech during the ceremony I mentioned that back when I started at [...]
FoPo founder: How studies helped us become entrepreneurs
Kent Ngo, one of the Lund University engineering students who founded FoPo Food Powder, talks about the product and how their studies have helped them launch their own business. WATCH: Interview with FoPo founder Kent Ngo
Electrons are now spinning at MAX IV
The Max IV facility, set to become the brightest x-ray source in the world, and the world’s first ‘fourth generation’ particle accelerator, has reached a major milestone. The accelerator group has now succeeded in directing the electron beam all the way around the large 3 GeV ring for the first time. “This is of course fantastically exciting and [...]
Dean's blog: Back to School
It’s wonderful to see the engineering campus full of life again! Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming all of our new students at the Faculty of Engineering LTH. As I left for the Union Building shortly before 8am last Monday morning, the atmosphere outside the lecture theatre was thick with anticipation and excitement. The week prior we [...]
Success for LUracing at Silverstone
LUracing has been successful with its new racing car at Silverstone. Students from the Faculty of Engineering LTH came in 8th place out of approximately 100 cars built by students. Lund University finished in fourth place among the petrol-fuelled cars. The LTH team also won a prize - Innovation in propulsion systems - awarded by Jaguar Land Rover. [...]
Why LTH students succeed more easily in their studies
How does a student straight out of upper secondary school manage the difficult studies which await at a Faculty of Engineering? One of the answers to this question is spelt SI; it is an academic support programme which aims to counteract drop-out rates and help new university students to acquire a better study strategy. SI has been available at [...]
Algorithms to guide you through the grocery store
Image analysis combined with radiotechnology provides positioning to the nearest centimetre
Mapci is starting an open innovation lab focusing on cloud technology
Research institute MAPCI is now starting an open innovation laboratory in which companies and public organisations can conduct innovative activities within the fields of ICT, mobile and cloud technology. The initiative, entitled MAPCI Open Innovation Lab, has just been awarded a grant of SEK 1.5 million from innovation authority Vinnova.
Researchers search for valuable resources in the forest
Researchers from Lund University have been awarded a multi-million SEK grant to increase the value of our forests by finding new, more valuable areas of application for the substance lignin.